Guide to the Scriptures

Cowdery, Oliver

The second elder of the restored Church and one of the Three Witnesses to the divine origin and truthfulness of the Book of Mormon. He acted as scribe while Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon from the gold plates (JS—H 1:66–68).

Received a witness of the truth of the translation of the Book of Mormon, D&C 6:17, 22–24.